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10 Pesos Bolivianos
| Issuer | Banco de Victoria |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Currency | Peso Boliviano (1864-1963) |
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| Obverse lettering | DIEZ PESOS BOLIVIANOS EL BANCO DE VICTORIA PAGARA AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA DIEZ PESOS BOLIVIANOS ou equivalente en moneda de curso legal VICTORIA, 1° de Abril de 1873 1a Serie No. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in grey-blue and composed of three large circular guilloche medallions arranged horizontally within an ornate frame. The central medallion bears the large numeral 10 within a lathe-work rosette pattern and carries the circular legend EL BANCO DE VICTORIA; the flanking medallions each bear the inscription DIEZ PESOS BOLIVIANOS, with the right-hand medallion containing an intaglio vignette of a bull's head in three-quarter view. |
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The Banco de Victoria was one of several private provincial banks chartered in Bolivia during the early 1870s, a period when the national government lacked the infrastructure to issue its own paper currency and instead licensed regional institutions to fill that role. These banks operated under limited supervision, and their notes circulated primarily within narrow geographic areas — often accepted only where the issuing bank had commercial relationships.
PS#1925 is among the rarer entries in the South American provincial private bank series. Documentation on the Banco de Victoria's actual operating history is thin, and surviving notes suggest the bank's active life was brief.